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School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

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Pacific Research Centre for the Prevention of Obesity and Non-communicable Diseases (C-POND), Suva, Fiji

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Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Geneva, Switzerland

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Members of the writing group for this manuscript, listed in order of their contribution to the writing of the manuscript.

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INFORMAS is the International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support. All authors who are not members of the writing group are listed in alphabetical order, and contributed to discussion of the key concepts and issues raised in this manuscript as part of the first formal meeting of INFORMAS from 19 to 23 November 2012.

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